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tptacek has 323873 since november 2007 [0] or an average of 2,249 per month so probably quite a bit higher. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tptacek h

by mrep 7y ago

tptacek has 323873 since november 2007 [0] or an average of 2,249 per month so probably quite a bit higher. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tptacek https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tptacek

sillysaurusx 7y ago
I probably should have specified “besides tptacek.” He’s a fascinating outlier. He once claimed he was worried some Russians were going to harm him due to his HN comments. I still wonder if he was just saying that to sound cool, but truth is often strange. That average does put things into perspective though.
- account73466 7y ago
  he sounds paranoid but hate sells well
  - Jamwinner 7y ago
    How did you read 'hate' into that? Genuinely curious. As an aside, I recently feel at odds with the language many people are using. The mere word 'hate' seems to have grown weird political connotations, while is suddenly okay to hate 'hate'. Is this not fostering the very emotion you revile, under twisted pretense? I remember 'love thy enemy' to have been the twist of the knife in peaceful protest, not sinking to their level with 'justified hate'. It feels hollow. If we want a change, we need to reach out first. /rant
    - account73466 7y ago
      There is a trend to demonize the Chinese and Russians governments (it is always about governments but then it translates to companies and then to people). This trend is very useful to promote different kinds of online censorship and put people into political boxes (e.g., you like this then you are that). Basically, when every single piece of material about a country is negative, you get a set of feeling where hate is not the least common. Then you go full paranoia cycle and expect that these same people also will punish you for what you write about them. One can benefit from these tendencies and ride them to get attention and respect of like-minded people, basically sell hate.
  - dang 7y ago
    Hey, please don't swerve into personal attack here. Friendly banter needn't turn ugly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- tptacek 7y ago
  I said what? If this was in person, I'm confident I was both drunk and joking.
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by mrep 7y ago

sillysaurusx 7y ago

I probably should have specified “besides tptacek.” He’s a fascinating outlier. He once claimed he was worried some Russians were going to harm him due to his HN comments. I still wonder if he was just saying that to sound cool, but truth is often strange. That average does put things into perspective though.

account73466 7y ago
he sounds paranoid but hate sells well
- Jamwinner 7y ago
  How did you read 'hate' into that? Genuinely curious. As an aside, I recently feel at odds with the language many people are using. The mere word 'hate' seems to have grown weird political connotations, while is suddenly okay to hate 'hate'. Is this not fostering the very emotion you revile, under twisted pretense? I remember 'love thy enemy' to have been the twist of the knife in peaceful protest, not sinking to their level with 'justified hate'. It feels hollow. If we want a change, we need to reach out first. /rant
  - account73466 7y ago
    There is a trend to demonize the Chinese and Russians governments (it is always about governments but then it translates to companies and then to people). This trend is very useful to promote different kinds of online censorship and put people into political boxes (e.g., you like this then you are that). Basically, when every single piece of material about a country is negative, you get a set of feeling where hate is not the least common. Then you go full paranoia cycle and expect that these same people also will punish you for what you write about them. One can benefit from these tendencies and ride them to get attention and respect of like-minded people, basically sell hate.
- dang 7y ago
  Hey, please don't swerve into personal attack here. Friendly banter needn't turn ugly. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
tptacek 7y ago
I said what? If this was in person, I'm confident I was both drunk and joking.
- deleted 7y ago
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